In this season finale, will Dawson be approved to adopt Louie? Can Casey decide what's essential in his life, politics, or family? And will there be a showdown between the chief and the paramedic? There are a lot of sparks in this finale. Let's recap.
With a second chance to adopt Louie, she needs to find her place so the place can get inspected and approved. Casey offers, but that doesn't seem to be what Dawson wants if he's offering. She finds this lovely place a bit over budget, but she takes it. But later, the offer falls through and goes to the landlord's daughter.
So Dawson took up Herrmann's offer of the place upstairs of the garage. When visiting the joint, it needs more than just a fixer-upper. So, with a team from 51 over to help, they put their love and soul into assisting Dawson to improve the place just in time when the inspector arrived. Things may not go as planned, but when Dawson tells him how much love was given to put in this place, it is the same that Louie will get if she's approved.
Let's jump to Casey briefly as he goes to Springfield to get the big guys on his side. The only way to is to talk and have a drink or three. Susan pushes him through and through with meeting a lot of politicians. And just when it was over, they talked for a bit of the fun he had had. Soon, she moves in, kisses him, and walks away, leaving a napkin with her room number on. Now, will Casey meet her or not? I'll hold that to the end.
Jimmy has been through a lot since the death of his brother. We saw him very emotional and full of anger at Bowden. There were a few times both of them met, and I felt chills down my spine when I thought that Jimmy was going to give it to Bowden (yelling at him mostly). Jimmy's brother's squad didn't help with the cause either, as they blame Bowden, too.
But after Bowden tells him about giving him his brother's badge number, things did let go, and I think Jimmy found some closure. We see that when Jimmy confronts his sister-in-law with his brother's stuff from the firehouse and tells her that it wasn't Bowden's fault and that his brother did what he thought was right. He died as a hero.
Let's jump into Stella and Kelly as their relationship seems on the go, but one person keeps bumping into them...Stella's ex-boyfriend Grant. It's over to come back, please. It has been a headache to watch. I wanted Severide to tell him straight. When Stella gets a text that doesn't make sense, she calls him, and he sounds crazy. They find him in the park and take him to me for an overdose. Kept at Med, Stella tells him it's over, and he gives it to her, yelling at her and pleading for her to return as she walks away. Will this be the last of him? Find out soon.
After last week's event, Bowden had everyone writing a letter to their loved ones with any regrets or messages. Dawson had a hard time writing one because she was focused on Louie. After a call, when Dawson is hanging off a burning building, she returns to the firehouse, and a surprise comes as it is Louie. After a couple of hours with him and Louie is napping, she finally writes the letter to Louie about how many changes she had to go through and how looking at him was all worth it.
We listen to her as she writes the letter, and we see Casey thinking about going upstairs to Susan. As we see him walking up the stairs, the only thing I had in mind was to slap him if he was at Susan's door, but my friend fell through as he was at Dawson's door. There they hug, and the waterworks come for me as I want to hug them, too.
But the episode didn't end on a happy note, and why wouldn't it? As Stella and Severide enter her apartment, the two exchange kisses and head for the bed. Dr. Charles sees that Grant isn't in his room, and as he calls Stella, her phone vibrates, and we see Grant sitting in the chair in the living room with a knife, listening to the two in the bedroom. HOLY CRAP!!!!
My god, it has been one hell of a season. First, this felt like more of a finale, like season one, than the other seasons. It was still good, and I loved every minute of it. Overall, for the season, I think you have to give credit where credit is due, as this season has been Monica Raymund's best performance, as we see Dawson gone through so much this year. Please give her an Emmy!!!!
Season Five can't get here any sooner, and I hope it'll start in September instead of the middle of October. I hope!!!
Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10 and the season a 9/10.
You can catch Chicago Fire as it'll return in the fall on Tuesday nights at 10/9c on NBC.
